Insider Medical Admissions: The AMCAS Verification Process

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The AMCAS Verification Process - Longer than Expected

I'm getting feedback from some medical school applicants that this year's AMCAS verification process is taking longer than many candidates had hoped. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), applicants should expect a wait of up to six weeks from the initial "Ready to Review" status post-submission to complete processing. To check on your AMCAS status, you can go to the Main screen of the application and click on the "Status" link on the left hand side.

You can send questions to AMCAS@aamc.org. I've found the response time to be quite fast.

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Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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